How much does Where is my Train make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Where is my Train earns approximately $7.9K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.

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Who makes Where is my Train?

Where is my Train is published by Sigmoid Labs and its affiliates on the Google Play Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.

What is Where is my Train's BU Score?

Where is my Train has a BU Score of 83/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Where is my Train

Quality Score

Excellent

Where is my Train

Name: Where is my Train — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Where is my Train revenue, Where is my Train app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Travel & Local revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.5 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This Android app dominates the niche of Indian railway tracking, directly competing with official railway apps and other independent trackers. Its ability to function offline using cell tower data provides a distinct advantage in areas with unreliable connectivity. The strong user rating, backed by over five million reviews, indicates significant user satisfaction and a mature product with substantial traction. This app is well past the initial growth phase, demonstrating a robust user base and established market presence. Given its free monetization model, the primary revenue driver in this category is typically advertising, often displaying full-screen interstitials or banner ads. A common upgrade path for similar apps involves offering an ad-free experience or premium features like advanced route planning for a small, one-time in-app purchase, which could unlock additional revenue streams for this established product.

BU Score 83 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$7.9K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$8.2K – $17.1K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$10.1K – $30.4K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$80K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $60K – $110K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~10 months at current MRR

Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.

Where the money goes

🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship)	+$28K
📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K	+$22K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$27K

Total estimate $80K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$150K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 18× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.9× build cost (break-even+)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 18× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

759.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

113.5M

Daily active

22.5M

Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.

How we sized it

📲 Travel & Local engagement	~150 installs / rating
🔁 Travel & Local D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.20

DAU / MAU 20% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

High confidence · 80%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Travel & Local
📦 Compact Android bundle	→ Native Kotlin

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$7.9K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$7.5K – $12.5K

12 months

$8.2K – $17.1K

24 months

$10.1K – $30.4K

Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

4.9

Product Quality

8.9

Revenue Strength

3.9

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

2.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $11K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 5,061,010 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $142K-$252K.

Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.

Range:

💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL

Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.

🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 3 of 3 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

High install base (5,061,010 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Good rating (4.5★)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Where is my Train
Developer: Sigmoid Labs and its affiliates
Bundle ID: com.whereismytrain.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Travel & Local
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $7.9K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: Not found

Founder

Founder data not yet collected for this app.

Funding

Funding data not yet collected for this app.

Press & Links

Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.

Contacts & Socials

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW

No public revenue data is available for the 'Where is my Train' app. The app was developed by Sigmoid Labs and acquired by Google in December 2018. Prior to its acquisition, the founders stated they were not focused on monetization and the app generated 'zero revenue' for a period. Post-acquisition, any revenue generated by the app would be integrated into Google's overall financials.

Sources mentioned: Google, Sigmoid Labs, Tracxn, Quora, Sensor Tower, The India Notes, Owler, PitchBook

Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.

📝 About this app

"Where is my Train" is a unique train app that displays live train status and up-to-date schedules. The app can function offline without needing Internet or GPS.  It is also packed with useful features such as destination alarms and a speedometer. Thank you to all the users who make the app better every day by sharing their feedback with us.

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